9 August 2019 — The New Dark Age
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NATO’s China Double-Think by Finian Cunningham + Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China by Ellen Brown
https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/natos-china-double-think-by-finian-cunningham-neoliberalism-has-met-its-match-in-china-by-ellen-brown/
Today’s Links 9 August 2019
http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/08/todays-links_9.html
9 August 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Washington’s Utterly Failed Diplomacy
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/09/washingtons-utterly-failed-diplomacy/
Venezuela: one year after the peasants’ march – the fight for the land continues
http://www.marxist.com/venezuela-one-year-after-the-peasants-march-the-fight-for-the-land-continues.htm
9 August 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation
There seems no longer any attempt, or semblance, of seeking diplomacy by Washington. Sanctions and aggression are wielded with reckless abandon. Russia, China, and even America’s own supposed European allies are subject to sanctions by Washington in a high-handed dismissal of any mutual dialogue to resolve alleged grievances.
9 August 2019 — WSWS
Federal District Judge Anthony Trenga rejected a motion Monday from imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning to reconsider the imposition of daily fines for her principled refusal to testify before a grand jury impaneled to bring frame up charges against WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange.
9 August 2019 — True Publica
By TruePublica: Boris Johnson was advised by Lynton Crosby throughout his Tory leadership race. As far back as 2013, Crosby has been a controversial figure to the Conservative party. There was a concern then that he influenced government policy in favour of his company’s clients. He got the Tories to dump plain packaging on cigarettes and curbed restrictions on alcohol. Through his business activities, Crosby has been seen as an enemy to those who advocate for the rights of asylum seekers, indigenous people, women seeking abortions and gay marriage activists. He was found to have been lobbying for the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, which promotes fracking. Since Crosby became Tory election strategist in 2012, the government then dished out tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. Fracking opponents alleged a link at the time and is now accused of using Cambridge Analytica style campaigns to the results the Tories wants.
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